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So if you dare mention wimps, that makes you hyper-masculine? Kleiman sounds like a wimp for saying so. I guess that makes me hyper-masculine.

And Kleiman also indicates that he believes libertarians see no valid place for environmental regulations. That's untrue. So, is it hyper-masculine or something else, to not know your own subject matter?

I always thought that an obsession with firearms was a sign of compensating for a lack of manliness. Also railing against the evils of government, and how government never does anything right, while safely sitting in a tenured professorship at a state university, demonstrates a certain hypocrisy that hardly reflects manliness, let alone hyper-manliness.

...obsession with firearms was a sign of compensating for a lack of manliness. Also railing against the evils of government, and how government never does anything right, while safely sitting in a tenured professorship at a state university...

Reynolds doesn't obsess over firearms. His focus is advocating the importance of protecting the right to own a firearm from those whose obsession seems to be using the government to deny that right to others.

I've never fired a gun in my life, and I find his arguments very persuasive.

As for government in general, I think he believes its scope should be limited, especially the federal government, leaving more discretion to the states and the people, and that by increasing its role to do more things the likely outcome is for the government to do all of them at a lower standard while breeding corruption.

Our society has become more feminine over the years, and Reynolds doesn't apologize for being a man. Lots of guys will find that a bit threatening, especially the types who go around campus telling women they're "feminists" because they think it will get them laid.

"I always thought that an obsession with firearms was a sign of compensating for a lack of manliness"

No, but that's a common perception among people, particularly leftists, who don't know anyone who owns a gun - or more likely do, but are unaware of it.

"railing against the evils of government, and how government never does anything right, while safely sitting in a tenured professorship at a state university, demonstrates a certain hypocrisy that hardly reflects manliness, let alone hyper-manliness"

I'm not sure how hypocrisy correlates with a lack of manliness, and this one's tough anyway. As someone who generally falls into the "government never does anything right" camp, I can still acknowledge that there are some things it's OK for the government to be involved in, such as public universities, even though I certainly have problems with the effort at times. Also, is it really hypocrisy for a tenured professor to say "I think you're an idiot for giving me this money and position, but if you insist, I'll take it". I suspect Reynolds could find a job where he spilled more money than UT pays him without much difficulty.